Package-chute.



A. L. PERPIGNAN a G. HLRIEBELMAN.

PACKAGE CHUTE.` APPLICATION FILED PEB.26, 1908.

Patented Sept. 14, 1909.

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A. 'L'.PERPIGNAN 6L G.' H. RIEB'LMAN.

PACKAGE CHUTE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26

mi Patented sept. 14.1909.

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A. L. PERPIGNAN 6a G. H. RIEBELMAN.

PACKAGE CHUTE. APPLICATION FILED FEB.'26,1908.

Patented Sept. 14, 1909 a 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

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entren srilrris ALFRED L. PERPIGNAN AND GEORGE H. RIEBELMAN. OFBROOKLYN. NEW' YORK.

ACKAGE-CHUTE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Potent-od Sept. ist, i909.

Application filed February 26. 1908. Serial No. 417.969.

To all '1r/'mm it ymay concern:

lle it known that we, Amun-:o L. ,lli-:urn:- NAN and tlnoiuus H.ltlianemma" citizens of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in thecounty olz Kings and State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in lackuge-(lhntes, ot' which the following is aspeciiestion.

This invention relates to chutes for parcels and packages and has forits object to pro-v vide menus to breek the fall of the article movingdown the-chute and means for openin;y one or more gates to deliver thearticle at a certain point or floor, the gate opening means being;controlled et one of the upper floors. lhese and other objects and novelfeatures are more fully described in the following specitieation, i'herez Figure 1 is e vertical sectional View of the improved chute. Fig.2 is an eleva-tion of same. Fie'. l is a modified arrangement of theinvention. Fig. -l is a vertical sectional Fig. o is a plan view ot' apreferred liorm of delleetor. Fig. t9 an end view of same.. Fig. 7 is across sectional view of a modified form of deflector. Figs. S, 9, IO, l1and 12 aro views of modilied forms.

For the successful use of a ehute for packages, especially in tallbuildings. it is necessary thatnieans he provided to break the fall otthe, package. in its downward movement it it'` is an article of anysize. and weight and for this purpose the chute 10. which passes throughthe. various stories v11 of u building', is provided with detleotors l2adapted to arrest the vertical movement of the pal-hago and pass itt'rom ono to the other. 'lho speed olE the movement ot' the packugje isregulated by the. inclination of the detlector and the length of thedeectors must be regulated to provide for packages of the proper size.

'lhe packages are deposited at the inlets 125 which are normally closed.by ,the in wardl y moving doors 1l and they more down the ini-,lineddetlectors from one to the other but when it. is desiret'l to deliverthe package at. a certain lloor, one of the, gatos l5 is opened, is seenat tho lowest opening in Fig. l, when Isaid opening is not only clearedbut the passage is blocked by the, gate 15 and vthe package passes outoli-the opening 1G which. has a spout 1T. 'lhe doors l5 are eon trolledby means o electric circuits 18 closed by the switches 19 at one or allthe floors it) ,so that their cores 2l drew` down on the and turn thesprocket wheels 24 on the outer ends of the shafts Q5, of the doors 15.`This turning oi' the wheel 24C causes the door 15 to circuit., the coreyields to the counter weight which closes the door and permits thepassage of packages below that point. The deectors opposite the doors'have their ends offset as at QG in order to present e flush joint toallow the free movement of the packages to the opening and the cornersat which the deflectors are attached are rounded to permit of an easymovement of the package.

, In the construction shown. in Figs. 3. and l several chutes arearranged side by side and each adapted to deliver at a certain floor butto receive acl ag'e;-:A at any floor. The

li'v rods :2T ronnected with the crank arm 2S on the shaft ot' the doorand then-rods may be operated at. any floor. The detlectors Q9 runentirely across the several chutes where they occur togethe' and toretain the packages thereon the detleetors may he .dished orconeaved incross section as shown 1n Fig. i? or eonstluctedas shown irilifgs;l 5und G where they may consist of separated chanchannel uutil theyreaeh'the lower Hoor, so that the. chute may he used for dierent eredat'` a certain point at the lower'end of the chute.

Other inediti `ationsI may lie resorted to in the construction ot'therdevice without departing from-the essential features abovedescribed.

In the modified forms shown in Figs. 8 to l2 the rectangular verticalcasing is dispensed with and the chute consists oi' :1 zivzag easing :lowhose inclined sections hren t the torce of the fall of the packagepassing through same. lt is obvious that the angle -ot' the ser-tionsmay he varied so that the speed ot the movementof the package may hevaried and as shown in Fig. 1l the speed ot' 'a package in this chute 31is materially diminished before it, reaches 'the letter box 32 onaccount ol the change of the angle of the lower sections 33 of theehute.

These chutes may be built into the wall of the building adjacent to theelevators 34 t and which cause the energizing of solenoids chain 22,overcoming the counter weights 23,v

opening ol the outlet door 15 is controlled' packages at the vsame timeand each deliv-j` open and upon the opening'of 'its respective i nels toretain the pagkag'es in. one or the other carry his mail io ine iop samehas been (Fig. ni" ,nniy he placed in the spass 35 between theelevntois. I

The ohno shows how those chutes muy s used so distribue mail in o.hnilxiing after 'Inside up of small packages intended for the niiei'entfloors and are "depositsdsepnrotely in the hop er 3 on thev top Hom'.Esch iiooi' is provi oci with a -nccopitaclo 37 havin on outlet or door38 an"`fhn delivery oi '.he psclmge'inio this receptsolais controlled by'n plvoiecl door 39 which is swung against the entsnce to the receptacle37 oi' across' the chute by `means ofthe rods 40 similar io the rods 27already described. By this sii-rangement a letter ooi-rior, may in slarge ollios buildin r, fioor'and deposit the mail for ino respectivelower oois in the boxes 37 and remove and distribute the mail for eachiioo' Without Aenenmimi-ing himself with thenoniiire `lood as heproceeds with his woi'k. l

An edge 1iniew of the (ahnte 30 is shown in Fig. 9 located Within heWaii of the build as, being provided with gloss sides il andoifsetinlets 42 which ing and the reospinclfss pnojecting beyond the surfaceof the Wall. The chute 31 in Figs. il and 12 is shown prsotially prevonitampering with the pncksges which pass down tho chiite.

A .chute of this 'desoi'ipiion is also Very nselul' in roman/ingoihervmaterial such as grain or moli; from the upper to the lower'stories of s. building and an'the same (time subjecting into hostingdrying or cooling .means ais a dmt may los forced up the Chinn ih@mnierial falls. The ioors of the inclines may' in this case he oiperforated; ma.-

toz'inl, and the whole structure made of wood on metal ns desired.

What We claim os new'nnd desirs to sel nm by Lehi/ers @alieni` is:

1. In of chute provided with inlet openings, the comsination withdetors'sag gered through the chute, of doors for outlet openings,sprocket WheelsA on each door pivot., a chain with o Weight at one end,the core of nsolenoid at the other end, a vsolennid and means foroperating the ouilet doors.

3. A package chui-o comprising s zigzag 'conveyer having oppositely'inclined seciions, the lower sections losing disposed in n 'positionmore nearly hozflzontsl than the packagcgclnite Rrovided with inlet V loutlet floors other sections and thus .diminishing theA speed ofmaterial passing ovei said'sections.

In testimony whereof, we niix our signatin'es in vpresence of twowitnesses.

ALFRED L. PERPIGNAN. 'GEORGE H. RIEBELMAN. Witnesses:

A. Bnownl JAMEs F. DUHAMEL.

